The South Asia Analysis Group, an India—based group which covers the war on terror, has issued a paper regarding the reaction to the deployment of US forces to provide aid in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Pakistan. There is some startling information: — A US military spokesman at Islamabad announced as follows on November 1, 2005: "A United States Army CH—47 Chinook helicopter flying in the vicinity of Chakothi delivering relief aid to earthquake victims is believed to have been fired upon by a rocket—propelled grenade (RPG) today. The helicopter returned safely to base at Chaklala at 1430 and an investigation was under way." Chakothi is about 10 kms from the Line of Control, which divides India's Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) from Pakistan—Occupied Kashmir (POK). — Contradicting the US statement, a Pakistani military spokesman said that relief teams deployed on the ground in that area had been using dynamite to clear landslides on the...(Read Full Post)